Bolivar in Jefferson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2021

1. Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial

Inscription. This memorial is dedicated to all from the Harpers Ferry-Bolivar District who served their country from World War I to the present. Their sacrifice and valor for the freedom of America will never be forgotten, for those who did not return, our undying gratitude. May God bless America

Erected 1993 by Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 19.327′ N, 77° 45.381′ W. Memorial is in Bolivar, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It is on Washington Street (Business U.S. 340) west of Polk Street, on the right when traveling west. Memorial is on the Harpers Ferry Middle School grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1710 West Washington Street, Harpers Ferry WV 25425, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in the Eastern Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Honoring All Who Served (within shouting distance of this marker); Pre Civil War Spring House (approx. 0.2 miles away); On the Border (approx. ¼ mile away); The First Year of War (approx. ¼ mile away); Rats in a Cage (approx. ¼ mile away); Closing the Doors (approx. ¼ mile away); A Union Predicament (approx. ¼ mile away); Confederate Victory (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bolivar.

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sectionhead>Another marker is no longer nearby. Jackson at Harpers Ferry (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2021

2. Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2012

3. Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial

This is the memorial as it displayed in 2012.

Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2012

4. Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial Marker

While the memorial remains, this signage is no longer part of the display.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2012

5. Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial Marker

The memorial previously featured a color seal.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 988 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on December 17, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on December 17, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.